Chief Minister Hemant Soren has written to Union Rural Development Minister NS Tomar to consider providing unemployment allowance to MGNREGA workers, who would be badly affected due to lockdown in the State owing to COVID-19. The CM has said that normally the allowance is granted if the MGNREGA workers are not given work in 30 days, but in the present circumstances if the Centre provides the funds, it will be a great relief to the workers.